The Main Street Now conference is the largest gathering of downtown revitalization leaders each year. This year the conference is in Tulsa from April 12-15, 2026. Wayfinding helps to orient to the downtown. There are multiple subareas that they define. I started in the Cathedral District, moved through the Art Deco district and got as far as Utica Square by
Founders of the market sought to create something more than a store, where friends and neighbors could gather together. They feature a juried collection of over 40 makers, curators and collectors. Domaci Market is a general store offering everyday essentials for a healthy home, and Domaci Design Studio to support furniture shopping. Events are held regularly, including in the upper
Liv Breads Artisan Bakery and Coffee Bar is located at 184 Essex Street in downtown Millburn. Liv Breads is highly celebrated for its traditional, scratch-baked European-style selections: The narrow storefront has a row of seating, a counter with full service to the side with drop pendants overhead. Dividing them is a product merchandising shelf to increase the average sale per
This image captures the central green and landscaped gardens of Peddler’s Village, an outdoor shopping and dining destination. Located in Lahaska, Pennsylvania, this 42-acre countryside attraction features colonial-style architecture, independently owned specialty boutiques, and vibrant seasonal floral displays Another view of the central green at Peddler’s Village. The building in the background features classic colonial-style architecture housing local boutique shops.
An alphabet garden has the letters HCC presumably for Hershey Community College. Another promotes Hershey Cocoa with the smokestacks of the company in the background. The Farmer’s Market was open the day we visited. There was a beautiful parklike setting beneath a substantial tree canopy. This lent itself to an enjoyable stroll despite the warmer weather. Hershey Community Center Building
The marketspace at Westfield was a holiday market held on six days between December 7 and 22, 2019. The market took over a sizable ground floor space of a two-story building that was previously vacant. Curated vendors brought vitality to this block and surrounding area during one of the busiest times of year. At the building level, all that makes
Post Alley The illuminated sign for post alley and ample lighting makes it attractive and welcoming at day and night. Within the alley itself, architectural details enhance the sense of place. Starbucks The first Starbucks store is only a few steps from the market. Opened in 1971, it bears little resemblance to the modern-day stores that people know. Other than
The glass canopy provides cover while also allowing daylight below. Ample space for vendors is also provided. Paving on the piazza further gives a strong sense of place making it welcoming for people. A literal red carpet directs people past businesses lining the piazza. The tents beneath the canopy give a contained space for each vendor. This also extends the
Interior of the Ithaca Farmers Market, an iconic vendor-owned cooperative pavilion situated along Cayuga Lake at Steamboat Landing in Ithaca, New York. This rustic open-air wooden structure styled after a 13th-century European cathedral, with an open air clerestory and elevated roof above that. The market highlights regional businesses located within a 30-mile radius of the pavilion. Notable visible signage includes
Ithaca, New York, has one of the few surviving pedestrian plazas. In the 1970s several downtown areas closed streets to traffic to create a pedestrian area in the public realm. Very few of these were effective, and later the street was reintroduced in many. Ithaca has been resistant to this trend, instead choosing to replace their original design with brand